Display card for safety pins and similar articles



June 9, I93,- E. J. MALVEY DISPLAY CARD FOR SAFETY PINS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Filed Jan. 2, 1956 Patented June 9, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY CARD FOR SAFETY PINS AND SIIWILAR ARTICLES Application January 2, 1936, Serial No. 57,239

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvement in display cards for safety pins or other articles, the object being to produce an attractive card on which safety pins or similar articles may be readily mounted and which will provide an amusing toy for children, which may be used after the pins are removed.

The invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a display card for safety pins or similar articles, constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a face view of the upper part of the card, with the slide moved to change the expression of the figure;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig.

1; and

Fig. 5 is a. detached view of the upper end of the strip.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a card I0 formed from cardboard or other suitable material, and of any desired design which includes a body-portion I l and a head l2, the head having openings l3 for the eyes and an opening 14 for the mouth.

The body is'formed with a series of transverse slots l5 adapted to receive one member 16 of safety pins ll. One member of the pins is entered through the slots so as to extend beyond the rear surface, and a sliding strip I8 of cardboard or other suitable material is passed downward through the pins and so as to interlock them'with the body. This slide is provided at its upper end with a head It, which is slightly wider than the main portion of the strip and on this head are two sets of eyeballs 20 and 2| and two mouths 22 and 23. These are adapted to register with the. openings in the face, so that when the strip is moved up or down, the expression will be changed.

By forming the head wider than the strip, a stop-shoulder 24 is formed on each side, which will strike the rearwardly-projecting member of the uppermost pin, so as to limit the downward movement of the strip. When the pins are removed, the strip may be threaded through two or more of the slots by which the strip is guided, but adapted to be moved up or down, thus furnishing an amusing toy for a child, and if desired, the lower end 25 of the card l0 may be bent forward sothat the card may be supported in a vertical position.

I claim:

A display card for safety pins and similar articles, comprising a card having a body-portion and a head, the body-portion formed with a series of transverse slots and the head formed with openings, and a strip at the. rear of the card adapted to be moved up and down and guided by pins entered into the slots, said strip provided at its upper end with features adapted to register with the openings in the face, said head formed at its lower end with shoulders adapted to engage with the uppermost pin to arrest the downward movement of the strip.

EDWARD J. MALVEY. 

